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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11259
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14037
13 Actual Demand 10966
14 Aggregate Planning 11879
15 Air Cargo 9804
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6414
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34528
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15190
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18880
20 Assembly Line 21505
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22643
22 Average Speed of Answer 26352
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22639
24 Batch Production 37614
25 Bill Discounting 14114
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10807
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6911
28 Blanket Release 9749
29 Bonded Warehouse 9845
30 Booking Number 13407
31 Bottleneck 9221
32 Buffer Stock 58315
33 Build to Stock 12708
34 Bullwhip Effect 9283
35 Business Logistics 25094
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12315
37 Capacity Management 39530
38 Capacity Utilization 13770
39 Capital Intensive 8096
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8374
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11836
42 Certified Supplier 8807
43 Channel Effectiveness 8773
44 Co-Destiny 9044
45 Co-managed Inventory 12201
46 Co-Packers 11551
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6613
48 Computer-Based Training 7492
49 Consular Invoice 19330
50 Container Depot 10358
51 Container Freight Station 10123
52 Continuous Replenishment 19198
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11817
54 Contract Carrier 7201
55 Contract of Affreightment 11186
56 Control Charts 7757
57 Cost Flow 10065
58 Courier Service 14866
59 CPFR 8006
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11534
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43358
62 Date Code 17752
63 Days of Supply 19490
64 Dead on Arrival 8937
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7086
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7867
67 Detective Control 8695
68 Devanning 13996
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10605
70 Dispatching 23661
71 Distributed Inventory 8169
72 Distribution Channel Management 34079
73 Distribution Metrics 8725
74 Distribution Planning 23911
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14868
76 Double Marginalization 52221
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22003
78 Dual 5272
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20307
80 Echelon Inventory 25873
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37965
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48897
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7415
84 Efficient Frontier 24990
85 Engineer-to-Order 31276
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15972
87 Erlang B Formula 9106
88 ETD 8096
89 Ex Works 7678
90 Exception Rate 13160
91 Exponential smoothing 9617
92 External Growth 9832
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9216
94 Field Services 7586
95 Field Warehouse 9696
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8442
97 Fishbone Diagram 14313
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26547
99 Flow Through Distribution 12058
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7932
101 FOB Destination 12694
102 Forward buying 29736
103 Freight Charge 10107
104 Freight Consolidation 7333
105 Gantt Chart 8121
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11433
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29196
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12435
109 Hub 23066
110 Idle Time 7873
 
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